Years of Public Service
A Republican, Anderson first ran for lieutenant governor of Minnesota in 1938 with gubernatorial candidate Harold Stassen. He became the state's 30th lieutenant governor at only 26 years old. He was reelected in 1940. He again ran for lieutenant governor in 1944, and was elected the state's 33rd lieutenant governor. He was reelected in 1946, 1948 and 1950.
In September 1951, Anderson became governor when Luther Youngdahl resigned to become a federal judge in Washington, D.C. He won election to a full term in 1952. After leaving the governor's office, he served as mayor of Nisswa from 1961 to 1963, and as mayor of Brainerd from 1976 to 1986. He died in Brainerd in 1998. The C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway is named in his honor.
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